Chemical Heritage Foundation

Saturday, June 13, 2009, 9:25 pm EDT

Dates: June 12 - 13, 2009

Location: Chemical Heritage Foundation


Free, but registration is required.


The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) invites you to join us for a 1½-day conference, "Composition to Commerce: Chemistry, History, and the Wider World," to be held at CHF headquarters in Philadelphia, 12 - 13 June 2009.


Saturday, June 13, will feature sessions on: "Alchemical/Chemical Practices in the Study and the Classroom" (speakers William Newman & Matthew Eddy), "Chemists and Society in the 18th Century" (speakers Lissa Roberts & Mi Gyung Kim), and "Chemistry in a Broader Context" (speakers Alan Rocke & Kathryn Steen).


The conference will close with a final keynote address from Seymour Mauskopf, Duke University.


Also see listing for Friday, 12 June.